Quote of the Day

[alanajoli]

"You remember the fairy stories you were told when you were very small--'once upon a time . . .' Why do you think they always began like that?"
"Because they weren't true," Simon said promptly.
Jane said, caught up in the unreality of the high remote place, "Because perhaps they were true once, but nobody could remember when."
Great-Uncle Merry turned his head and smiled at her. "That's right. Once upon a time . . . a long time ago . . . things that happened once, perhaps, but have been talked about for so long that nobody really knows. And underneath all the bits that people have added, the magic swords and lamps, they're all about one thing--the good hero fighting the giant, or the witch, or the wicked uncle. Good against bad. Good against evil."

From Over Sea Under Stone by Susan Cooper

Comments

[bccreations.livejournal.com]

I just reread those books earlier this year!

[antonstrout.livejournal.com]

geesh when I started reading it, my heart skipped a beat because I saw there was a Simon & Jane speaking and my two main characters are Simon and Jane.. but then I was fine...

[eyezofwolf.livejournal.com]

When I first started reading that, I thought it was going to be a Firefly quote and was trying to figure out what the quote was from!

[dragonladyflame.livejournal.com]

Did you hear about the movie? The previews made me want to cry.